my amazon puffer has a big big lump on the side off its belly with a red looking sore bit near the end,it was fine last nite and feeding but now it has a pea size lump on it.
its about a inch and a half long and the water is fine,ive tested it.
im really worried and any idears would help
plz any 1 help
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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: plz any 1 help
You're going to have to give us more than, "the water is fine,ive tested it".
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Re: plz any 1 help
Please answer the above questions that are in red so we can help you better.
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dmill82
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Re: plz any 1 help
this is her,it has got bigger today when ive been at work,does any 1 no what it could be?.
she is not eating at all,it is a 4ft tank and i will test the water now to see what it is today
she is not eating at all,it is a 4ft tank and i will test the water now to see what it is today
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Re: plz any 1 help
Looks like a terrible abscess to me - might require lancing. It could also be a tumor, which you really can't do much about.
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Re: plz any 1 help
PH 7.5 TO 8.0, AMONIA 0, NITRAT 10, NITRIT 0.1.
it come up in 1 day and got a little bigger the 2nd day,it looks like its going to pop.
will my other fish be ok in the same tank if it does pop in there water,do fish survive this kind off thing.
WHAT IS LANCING?
it come up in 1 day and got a little bigger the 2nd day,it looks like its going to pop.
will my other fish be ok in the same tank if it does pop in there water,do fish survive this kind off thing.
WHAT IS LANCING?
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Re: plz any 1 help
I don't know whether thats a tumor or what, but that nitrite should not be detectable, highly toxic
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Re: plz any 1 help
I would leave it be & treat the tank with Melafix. Start doing 50% water changes every day, until the nitrite remains at 0.
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dmill82
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Re: plz any 1 help
Thank you for all your comments. Just thought I'd let you all know that she's doing much better now. I lanced the cyst and most of the puss has come out now. She still has a little red mark but the lump has nearly completely gone. She's also just started eating today which is amazing. 
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Re: plz any 1 help
Are you treating with Melafix?
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Re: plz any 1 help
Are the nitrites down yet?
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Re: plz any 1 help
yeah im treating with melafix and my nitrites are nearly sorted,been doing water changes at 25% a day. cheers
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Re: plz any 1 help
if you still have nitrites i would do 50% instead of 25%
Re: plz any 1 help
Hi, my pea puffer has something similar. How exactly do you lance the cyst? What do you cut the fish with and how do u get it to stay still etc
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Re: plz any 1 help
This post is from 2008
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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